What do citizens of Oregon and New Jersey have in common?
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January 04, 2018, 07:57 AM
downtownv
New Jersey becomes last state to ban self-serve gas stations Posted: Jan 03, 2018 8:01 PM EST Updated: Jan 03, 2018 8:01 PM EST
New Jersey becomes last state to ban self-serve gas stations 00:00 / 02:19 CC EDISON - New Jersey is now the only state in the nation to ban drivers from operating their own gas pump at the gas station.
Oregon, the only other state to ban the practice, just enacted a new law allowing counties in the state with less than 40,000 residents to abandon full-service gas stations. The law says that it is up to the individual station as to whether or not they make the change.
The idea of self-serve gas pumps in New Jersey has been floated around over the years. The last state official to propose legalizing the practice was former Gov. Jon Corzine in 2006.
Corzine’s plan to allow it as an option for a three-month trial basis was withdrawn after backlash from lawmakers and the public.
In fact, many New Jersey drivers tell News 12 New Jersey that they prefer to have a gas station attendant pump their fuel.
“I will stop driving if I have to pump my own gas,” says Woodbridge resident Kathy Cohen. “It scares the heck out of me. I have too much electricity in my body that I’m around that I’m going to start one of those fires.”
Other drivers say that they like not having their hands smell like gas or risking spilling gasoline on their clothing. Others cited being able to stay inside their cars during the winter months and not having to go out into the cold to pump fuel. http://newjersey.news12.com/st...f-serve-gas-stations
A large number of NJ residents do not want to pump their own gas. I've seen that from back in the 70's when they first tried to remove the ban.
I wonder about people who can't figure out how to pump gas. The hire a barely literate attendant to do it so are they LESS capable? 49 other states manage to do it. Do the wealthy in all the other states have someone drive along with them to do that task?
I spend a lot of time in NJ, its really nice not pumping gas.
Especially on days like today when there's a blizzard.
January 04, 2018, 08:34 AM
parabellum
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Originally posted by RAMIUS: I spend a lot of time in NJ, its really nice not pumping gas.
Yeah, except it's New Jersey.
January 04, 2018, 08:35 AM
RAMIUS
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Originally posted by parabellum:
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Originally posted by RAMIUS: I spend a lot of time in NJ, its really nice not pumping gas.
Yeah, except it's New Jersey.
Ha, yeah...there's that. You get used to the smell though.
January 04, 2018, 09:24 AM
Flyboyrv6
What do they have in common?? They are both idiotic socialist states!
January 04, 2018, 09:35 AM
Perception
About 10 years ago I drove through New Jersey, and I just happened to need gas. I had no idea you weren't allowed to pump your own. It was fairly late at night, and I pulled into a well lit, but otherwise deserted gas station. Well, the attendant was either asleep or not paying attention, because I pulled up, got out, swiped my card, and proceeded to fill my tank. About the time my tank filled and the pump clicked off, the attendant woke up and came screaming out of the building. You would have thought I murdered someone from his reaction. I didn't even know what he was yelling about at first, I thought he was just some kind of nut.
I got back in my car, drove away, and haven't stopped in New Jersey since.
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January 04, 2018, 09:38 AM
RAMIUS
That Gastapo is probably looking for you.
January 04, 2018, 09:53 AM
Balzé Halzé
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Originally posted by rscalzo:
I wonder about people who can't figure out how to pump gas. The hire a barely literate attendant to do it so are they LESS capable? 49 other states manage to do it.
48.
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January 05, 2018, 07:18 AM
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January 05, 2018, 08:26 AM
Balzé Halzé
^^^^ Isn't that the actress from Orange is the New Black?
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January 05, 2018, 08:52 AM
Dusty78
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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé: ^^^^ Isn't that the actress from Orange is the New Black?
Yeah with a turbo diesel Audi. Whoever made that meme is an idiot.
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January 05, 2018, 11:06 AM
PASig
This site is awesome, very Onion-like
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Oregon Man Attempts To Decipher Gasoline Pump As Though It Were Advanced Alien Technology
LA GRANDE, OR—After a new law took effect January 1st overturning a ban on self-service gas stations, local Oregonian Brax Olson got out of his vehicle and stared mesmerized at a gasoline pump, attempting to figure out how it worked as though it were some monolithic piece of alien tech left over from an advanced race of visitors from the stars.
The man stared transfixed at the handle and surmised it was some kind of holding device used by ancient visitors to earth, who may have grasped the bizarre apparatus and somehow fueled their spaceships. Drawing on the wealth of knowledge he had attained gaining his Master’s degree in English literature, the 48-year-old barista figured out how to remove the hose from the eldritch machine and place it in his vehicle, the nozzle miraculously fitting in his Subaru, though it was clearly designed for some kind of interstellar vessel.
“I eventually deduced that the contraption could produce some kind of liquid substance—no doubt a quantum fluid far beyond mankind’s capabilities to produce—and with the pull of a strange lever, it would transfer the stuff into my car,” Olson said in an interview with a local news station. “Bizarre numbers and symbols began to flash on the structure’s non-Euclidean surface, perhaps indicating the volume or trade price of the substance.”
As his car’s gasoline tank was finally filled with the magic alien space fuel, Olson claimed the machine automatically stopped by some advanced technological method, no doubt developed over many eons by some ancient race among the stars.
“I don’t know exactly what the fantastic object out of space was, but one thing I do know for sure: we are not alone. We live on a small blue planet in the midst of a black sea of infinity, and it wasn’t meant that we should venture far,” Olson said before getting back in his Subaru and driving to his yoga class.
Yeah with a turbo diesel Audi. Whoever made that meme is an idiot.
Every diesel pump I've ever seen has a larger nozzle than a gasoline one to prevent idiots from doing just that.
January 05, 2018, 11:11 AM
PASig
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Originally posted by Perception: About 10 years ago I drove through New Jersey, and I just happened to need gas. I had no idea you weren't allowed to pump your own. It was fairly late at night, and I pulled into a well lit, but otherwise deserted gas station. Well, the attendant was either asleep or not paying attention, because I pulled up, got out, swiped my card, and proceeded to fill my tank. About the time my tank filled and the pump clicked off, the attendant woke up and came screaming out of the building. You would have thought I murdered someone from his reaction. I didn't even know what he was yelling about at first, I thought he was just some kind of nut.
I got back in my car, drove away, and haven't stopped in New Jersey since.
Try working in NJ but traveling back and forth to PA often to home and family, it's not hard to forget when going to gas up where you are. I once started to JUST GET OUT of my car and the pump attendant comes running up in a panic like I was going to rob him or something. SIR! Please get back in your car!
WTF, Jersey!
January 05, 2018, 11:32 AM
pbslinger
NJ no self service law likely is an SEIU boondoggle that has me wondering about the liability of having idiots pumping self serve gas. From a fuel distributor insurers standpoint, there is less risk having a "trained" attendant dispense fuel than your typical snowflake who might gas up their washer fluid bottle.
I haven't a clue as to how much this risk may increase coverage for fuel outlets premiums, but it could somewhat offset the expense of hiring attendants.
January 05, 2018, 11:47 AM
ZSMICHAEL
I can recall the 1950s when women never filled their gas tanks. They would line up at the self service pumps even in good weather. It was somewhat of a cultural thing in the South. I recall someone saying it is only the lowest piece of white trash that pumps their own gas.
January 05, 2018, 11:55 AM
rtquig
Yea, I can see why you guys like to get out in the rain, snow, freezing cold to pump your own gas. We hand them CC, they immediately give it back to you before pumping your gas and give you a receipt when done. Most stations here have 4 gas lanes (at least Wa-wa and Costco do, and each lane has an attendant. Nothing like taking a sip of your hot coffee with your hand smelling like gas or diesel. Must be an acquired taste.
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January 05, 2018, 12:03 PM
P220 Smudge
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Originally posted by rtquig: Must be an acquired taste.
I think you've got that a bit backwards, there....
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January 05, 2018, 12:33 PM
rtquig
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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
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Originally posted by rtquig: Must be an acquired taste.
Maybe, Maybe not. I spend a good deal of time in Georgia visiting friends. I always find it fun to watch the locals pick up a six pack inside the station to have a drink with their cigarette while filling up their gas tanks. God forbid they don't have a scratch off lottery card at the same time. Now that is special.
I think you've got that a bit backwards, there....
